The city has spent the last four years wading through red tape to permit a few licensed growers and sellers. Nine patients now have D.C.-issued medical cannabis cards. Weed costs $380 to $440 an ounce at the one open dispensary Capital City Care. That’s almost double the price that many patients in California, Colorado and Washington are paying.

“The prices … reflect the highly regulated nature of the District’s system and the firm’s investment in its dispensary and growing operations,” Washington Post reports.

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